Metro - File #: 2019-0218

• File #: 2019-0218
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/3/2019
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 7/17/2019
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. EXECUTE Modification No. 7 to Contract No. AE5999300 with WSP USA Inc. for additional environmental technical work to be included in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) in the amount of $6,476,982, increasing the total contract value from $21,529,734 to $28,006,716; and B. INCREASE Contract Modification Authority (CMA) specific to Contract No. AE5999300 in the amount of $647,698, increasing the total authorized CMA amount from $1,828,422 to $2,476,120 to support additional environmental assessment work.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Alignment, Budgeting, City of Los Angeles, Contracts, Downtown Los Angeles, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Environmental justice, First/Last Mile, Light rail transit, Long Beach, Long Range Transportation Plan, Maps, Measure M, Measure R, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Rail A Line, Minorities, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Procurement, Project, Project delivery, Public private partnerships, Safety, San Pedro, South Bay Cities subregion, South Bay Service Sector, Strategic planning, Subdivisions, Travel time, Union Pacific Railroad, Vehicle miles of travel, West Santa Ana Branch Corridor - Administration (Project), West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project
• Related files: 2019-0600

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 17, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: WEST SANTA ANA BRANCH TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. EXECUTE Modification No. 7 to Contract No. AE5999300 with WSP USA Inc. for additional environmental technical work to be included in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) in the amount of $6,476,982, increasing the total contract value from $21,529,734 to $28,006,716; and

B. INCREASE Contract Modification Authority (CMA) specific to Contract No. AE5999300 in the amount of $647,698, increasing the total authorized CMA amount from $1,828,422 to $2,476,120 to support additional environmental assessment work.

Issue
ISSUE

At the December 2018 meeting, the Board approved an updated West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) project definition. Since December, staff has met with corridor cities, agencies and stakeholders, as project design and environmental review on alignment and station design relating to each jurisdiction and affected agency progresses.

Based on these ongoing coordination efforts, more work has been identified, necessitating a request for Board action to execute a contract modification for the additional work in order to remain on schedule for release of the Draft EIS/EIR and continue the P3 delivery procurement efforts. Board action is also required to increase the CMA for any additional environmental assessment work identified through future coordination efforts.


Background
BACKGROUND

The WSAB Project is a proposed light rail transit (LRT) line that would extend approximately 19 miles between downtown Los Angeles and southeast Los Angeles County (LA County) communities. Attachment A includes the WSAB Alignment Map. South of downtown Los Angeles, a single alignment parallel to the Blue Line has been identified following existing right-of-way...